TEDx Arcadia University

Iliana Correa is a junior at Arcadia University majoring in Chemistry and minoring in Sociology. She was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pa, where she currently still resides, although she hopes to travel the world. She has a passion for teaching which she only discovered while tutoring General Chemistry in college. She aspires to receive her PhD in Chemical Education and then teach Chemistry, preferably General Chemistry, at a university or high school. Iliana decided to minor in Sociology because of an intro course she took in high school. Her love for researching how society shapes lives, and why societal norms came to be lead her to her TEDx topic. She enjoys asking “Why?”, but her findings leave her with more questions than answers. Solving puzzles and reading books helps her procrastinate her college work while also grounding her in the crazy world we live in.

Emma Barrera (she/her) is the CEO of Right Hand Glam, The Engagement Agency. Our mission is to provide organic social media solutions for women-owned businesses that are rooted in genuine connection & growth.

Right Hand Glam is a big, bold presence in the social media space. With a deep passion for empowering women to build their dream lives and businesses in an authentic, fearless way, we’re willing to break the mold and the rules to do what they do best.

Outside the biz, Emma is a fierce mental health advocate, a stereotypical theatre kid, and can often be found jamming out to Stevie Nicks with an oat milk latte in hand. She lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia (Go Birds!) with her partner Luke, and their two cats, Beans & Nala. Emma is a 2019 Graduate of Temple University.

CJ (He/We) is a conjure artist, performance poet, and biomythographer born and raised in Philadelphia. He is a student of Africana folkways and creates public offerings and narrative work which focus on themes such as communal healing, re/membering and collective power. He spent his undergraduate years at Stanford University where he explored the power of ritual theater in his multimedia performance album, We Real Cool: Visions of a Black Son. He is now finishing his Master’s in Media Studies and Production at Temple University, where he studies the work of Black feminist and womanist thinkers for routes to new ways of being and knowing. His current work, Orphan: A Biomythography in Verse and Ritual, seeks to uncover alternative mythological and spiritual identities for Black men and boys.

Jan Harris is a resident of Abington, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Abington High School in 1977 and has lived and worked here ever since. Jan Harris worked as a Dental office manager for thirty years. While working there, she started volunteering at the Abington Police Department after going through a traumatic event in 1993. Because of her hard work, she was offered a part-time position, which turned into a full-time offer four years ago. Because of her trauma, Jan is an advocate for victims of crime. She has one son in the Army, he lives with his wife and her two granddaughters in Kansas. Jan is deeply rooted in her faith, and when Jan is not working, she enjoys vacationing at the Jersey shore, freshwater fishing, knitting, and the company of her adorable cat, Rue.